# 1985 World Rowing Championships

The 1985 World Rowing Championships refer to the World Rowing Championships held from 26 August to 1 September 1985 at Hazewinkel in Heindonk, Belgium.

## Medal summary

Medalists at the 1985 World Rowing Championships were:

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| M1x | Finland Pertti Karppinen | 6:48.08 | United States Andrew Sudduth | 6:50.96 | West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe | 6:59.75 |
| M2x | East Germany Thomas Lange Uwe Heppner | 6:15.49 | Soviet Union Mykola Chupryna Yuriy Zelikovich | 6:19.48 | Switzerland Jürg Weitnauer Urs Steinemann | 6:22.27 |
| M4x | Canada Doug Hamilton Robert Mills Paul Douma Mel LaForme | 5:44.57 | East Germany Jens Köppen Rüdiger Reiche Uwe Sägling Karl-Heinz Bußert | 5:44.85 | Czechoslovakia Jan Vochoska Zdeněk Bureš Miloš Zářecký Jaroslav Švrček | 5:47.42 |
| M2- | Soviet Union Nikolay Pimenov Yuriy Pimenov | 6:38.39 | Great Britain Adam Clift Martin Cross | 6:38.47 | Spain Fernando Climent Luis María Lasúrtegui | 6:40.23 |
| M2+ | Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 6:53.40 | Romania Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu (c) | 6:56.04 | East Germany Thomas Kessler Uwe Gasch Olaf Gerschau (c) | 6:57.80 |
| M4- | West Germany Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow | 6:00.19 | Soviet Union Jonas Narmontas Sergey Smirnov Viktor Pereverzev Gennadi Kryuçkin | 6:01.25 | East Germany Hans Sennewald Thomas Greiner Thomas Bänsch Olaf Förster | 6:03.87 |
| M4+ | Soviet Union Sigitas Kučinskas Ivan Visotchkin Vladimir Romanishin Igor Zotov Mikhail Sassov (c) | 6:07.23 | Italy Mario Lafranconi Giovanni Suarez Gino Iseppi Giuseppe Carando Siro Meli (c) | 6:08.79 | East Germany Dietmar Schiller Karsten Schmeling Bernd Niesecke Bernd Eichwurzel Hendrik Reiher (c) | 6:08.97 |
| M8+ | Soviet Union Mykola Komarov Viktor Diduk Jonas Pinskus Veniamin But Viktor Omelyanovich Pavlo Hurkovskiy Aleksander Voloshin Andrey Vasilyev Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c) | 5:33.71 | Italy Agostino Abbagnale Sergio Caropreso Antonio Maurogiovanni Alfredo Bollati Giovanni Miccoli Maurizio Donna Annibale Venier Pasquale Marigliano Siro Meli (c) | 5:34.58 | United States John Strotbeck Thomas Kiefer Jonathan Smith Kurt Bausback Chris Penny Kevin Still Chris Huntington Michael Teti Mark Zembsch (c) | 5:34.72 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Italy Ruggero Verroca | 7:05.80 | Austria Raimund Haberl | 7:10.16 | United States Paul Fuchs | 7:10.56 |
| LM2x | France Luc Crispon Thierry Renault | 6:29.44 | Italy Carlo Gaddi Francesco Esposito | 6:30.05 | West Germany Hartmut Schäfer Roland Ehrenfels | 6:32.50 |
| LM4- | West Germany Alwin Otten Frank Rogall Thomas Jaekel Wolfgang Birkner | 6:12.44 | Italy Franco Pantano Dario Longhin Nerio Gainotti Mauro Torta | 6:14.97 | United States Edward Gribbin Charles Cobbs Michael Morrison Fred Michini | 6:17.18 |
| LM8+ | Italy Maurizio Losi Michele Savoia Vittorio Torcellan Massimo Lana Stefano Spremberg Paolo Marostica Andrea Re Fabrizio Ravasi Massimo Di Deco (c) | 5:46.66 | United States Mark Hanley Seymour Danberg Neil Olesen Michael Scott John Younger Peter Kermond Charles Butt Stephen Schmitt Jonathan Fish (c) | 5:48.47 | Spain José Manuel Cañete José Crespo Carlos Muniesa Jacinto Accensi Abella Víctor Llorente Fernando Molina Castillo Eulogio Génova Benito Elizalde Ibon Alcorta (c) | 5:50.88 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| W1x | East Germany Cornelia Linse | 7:48.37 | Romania Valeria Răcilă | 7:45.85 | United States Anne Marden | 7:48.43 |
| W2x | East Germany Sylvia Schwabe Martina Schröter | 6:58.80 | Romania Mărioara Popescu Elisabeta Lipă | 7:05.70 | Bulgaria Magdalena Georgieva Violeta Ninova | 7:06.52 |
| W4x | East Germany Ramona Balthasar Birgit Peter Jutta Hampe Kristina Mundt | 6:22.47 | Soviet Union Antonina Machina Nataliya Grigoryeva Yelena Khloptseva Yelena Matiyevskaya | 6:23.99 | Romania Anișoara Bălan Veronica Cochela Anișoara Sorohan Maricica Țăran | 6:29.09 |
| W2- | Romania Rodica Arba Elena Horvat | 7:25.08 | United States Sherri Cassuto Susan Broome | 7:31.96 | East Germany Kerstin Toußaint Ramona Hein | 7:34.44 |
| W4+ | East Germany Kerstin Spittler Jutta Abromeit Steffi Götzelt Carola Lichey Daniela Neunast (c) | 6:50.08 | Romania Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi Viorica Ioja (c) | 6:53.33 | Canada Lisa Robertson Barbara Armbrust Christina Clarke Tricia Smith Lesley Thompson (c) | 6:55.67 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Olena Pukhaieva Sariya Zakyrova Elena Tereshina Marina Suprun Marina Znak Irina Teterina Nataliya Yatsenko Lidiya Averyanova Valentina Khokhlova (c) | 6:14.00 | East Germany Susann Heinicke Gerlinde Doberschütz-Mey Beatrix Lehman Martina Walther Kathrin Thurm Ute Stange Kathrin Dienstbier Carola Hornig Sylke Kretzschmar (c) | 6:14.89 | Romania Doina Bălan Marioara Trașcă Livia Țicanu Mihaela Armășescu Adriana Chelariu Carolina Matei Camelia Diaconescu Lucia Sauca Ecaterina Oancia (c) | 6:19.49 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Australia Adair Ferguson | 7:59.82 | Romania Maria Micșa | 8:01.58 | United States Ann Martin | 8:02.74 |
| LW2x | Great Britain Lin Clark Beryl Crockford | 7:30.52 | West Germany Brigitte Helmers Alrun Urbach | 7:33.31 | France Desiree Decriem Isabelle Lignan | 7:38.90 |
| LW4- | West Germany Monika Wolf Sonja Petri Claudia Engels Evelyn Herwegh | 7:05.31 | United States Sandy Kendall Jennifer Marron Marise Widmer Charlotte Hollings | 7:10.38 | Australia Denise Rennex Karin Riedel Amanda Cross Gayle Toogood | 7:12.84 |

## Medal table

| Platz | Land | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | | 7 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 4 | | 7 |
| 4 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | Australia | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | France | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Finland | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | United States | | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Austria | | 1 | | 1 |
| 13 | Spain | | | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | | | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Switzerland | | | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | | | 1 | 1 |
| Summe | Summe | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |